Last Friday night, I attended an unconventional book-signing/networking party in Boston that brought together Gary Vaynerchuk, Jeff Cutler, and Mike Langford along with the usual suspects of the Boston social media scene. I picked up a copy of Gary’s book and then–because I missed the earlier train home, had an hour and a half to [...]
I’m looking forward to a social gathering and speech tonight where Dan Schawbel will talk about “personal branding”–how you market yourself to other people. I’ve had an amazing amount of interest in my story of using social media in my search for work, including a number of media interviews, most recently a front-page story in [...]
I had the opportunity to speak with a local reporter about my layoff and search for work. One of his questions was whether I had advice for other people. I was hesitant. I don’t have a complete success story to tell yet, but I can describe what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. I [...]
I can imagine fewer more terrifying social experiments than what I signed up for last night. Blitz Time is a service for “speed networking” that sets participants up in a series of short, one-on-one phone calls with other people. Surprisingly, once I began, it was not nearly as scary as it was fun. That is [...]
Update: You can now view: Dave Atkins interview with Tory Johnson on ABC NOW Susan Kang Nam talks about Salty Legs Job Club with Tory Johnson Madeline Laurano talks about finding her new job Staring into a television camera for a remote interview was a surreal experience. I felt spontaneity and improvisation that is challenging [...]
I am featured in a story today in the Christian Science Monitor, Blogs: An Effective Job-Hunting Tool?, but after describing my efforts positively, the article quotes one naysayer in particular who does not understand the context of my efforts: Not everyone shares his enthusiasm. “Blogging and Internet searching for jobs is worthless,” says Drew Stevens, [...]
I can plan, but I can also do. I posted my approach to strategy consulting a while ago, but then I realized, anyone can say that stuff. Listen to the client, help them. How hard is that? But I thought it might be useful to list some specific things I can do…things that presume a [...]
For a long time, my engagement with social media has not been organized. But now, much as we go through our holiday card lists, I’m looking at how I can use social media to connect and reconnect with everyone I know. The Big Three Social media and networking encompasses so many sites that it is [...]
Do I really need a resume? Ari Herzog asked me that question in a comment here and more generally on his own blog. He gave examples of people who found jobs through twitter in another post. But people do ask for resumes. Of course I’m not going to blast out paper copies of my resume [...]
I’m still an attorney. I paid my Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers’ Registration fee this morning although I am not practicing law and have never handled a case in Massachusetts. It is one of those things I don’t want to allow to lapse because I may yet find a way to integrate it into my [...]